Dole-Little House
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Dole-Little House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Brake Hill stands 79 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is First Settlers Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
The Dole–Little House is a historic house at 289 High Road, Newbury, Massachusetts. It is now a non-profit museum operated by Historic New England and open to the public, for a fee, at rare intervals. Private tours can also be arranged. The original house was built around 1715 with materials salvaged from an earlier structure (perhaps c. 1670) for Richard Dole, a cattleman. It was built a two-room, central-chimney construction with a small kitchen shed at the rear. This shed has since been replaced with a larger lean-to. In 1954 the house was acquired by Florence Evans Bushee and restored to reflect its original period. During restoration, the lean-to was removed and reconstructed with new timbers, and a small-paned sash from the front of the house was moved to the lean-to. The paneling from one chamber was installed as an exhibition room at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.; a copy replaces it in the original chamber. Historic New England received the title to the house after Mrs. Bushee's death in 1975.
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Wikidata Q5288909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1715
What to expect
- Operated by
- Historic New England
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 26.3 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 1 mi
- Eagle Rock · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- First Settlers Monument: 0.1 mi
- First Meeting House Monument: 0.2 mi
- Landing Place of the First Settlers: 0.5 mi
- Bill Forward Monument: 1.6 mi
- Sgt. Donald Wilkinson Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Lower Green Schoolhouse: 0.1 mi
- Coffin House: 2.6 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 3.5 mi
- Ipswich Museum: 6.1 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 6.4 mi
- Newman Farm Meadow: 0.1 mi
- Hayden Saltmarsh: 0.9 mi
- Hackers Island Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Hackers Island Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Rough Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary (Sawyer's Island): 1.1 mi
- Lower Green: 0.1 mi
- Perkins Park & Playground: 2.6 mi
- Father Sears Park: 2.7 mi
- March's Hill: 2.8 mi
- Clipper City Rail Trail: 2.8 mi
- Old Town Hill: 0.3 mi
- LIttle Old Town Hill: 0.7 mi
- Adams Place Hill: 0.8 mi
- Eagle Hill: 1.3 mi
- Wolf's Den Hill: 1.5 mi
- The Knobbs: 3.4 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 3.9 mi
- Plum Island Beach: 3.9 mi
- Clark Beach: 4.9 mi
- Ipswich Bar: 5.5 mi
- Market Square: 3.4 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 3.8 mi
- Corn Maze: 5.8 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 9.5 mi
- The Rockery: 9.6 mi
- Bushee Garden: 0.2 mi
- Alchemical Garden: 3.0 mi
- Berry Labyrinth: 3.1 mi
- The Shade Garden: 3.2 mi
- The Flame Garden: 3.2 mi
- Sparrows: 3.0 mi
- Clyde: 3.1 mi
- Eclipse: 3.2 mi
- Torrential Flight: 3.3 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 3.3 mi
- Great Neck: 4.6 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 6.6 mi
- Gregory Island: 10.5 mi
- Front Range Light: 3.4 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 14.5 mi
- Ramp: 16.2 mi
- Boathouse: 16.2 mi
- Utility Building: 16.2 mi
- Newbury Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hampton Falls: 10.1 mi
- Great Falls: 15.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 15.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 22.6 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 17.4 mi
- Birthday Bay: 19.1 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 19.2 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 19.2 mi
- Front Pavilion: 19.3 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.2 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.8 mi
- Rail Spring: 1.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 8.6 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 16.4 mi
- Dogtown: 12.9 mi
- Haywardville: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Dole-Little House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake Hill | W 277° | 78.64 m | 8.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 208° | 77 m | 4.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | W 275° | 76.81 m | 8.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | S 189° | 74 m | 5.8 mi |
| Archelaus Hill | WNW 291° | 74 m | 6.3 mi |
| Turner Hill | SSW 198° | 70 m | 7.1 mi |
| Crane Neck Hill | W 274° | 69 m | 6.5 mi |
| Lone Tree Hill | NW 314° | 68 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:27 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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